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:I most certainly did NOT list the Coptic religion as "anti-Orthodox". I merely provided a category where information on and links to non-Chalcedonian polemics could be added. I would appreciate it if the category was added back. --[[User:Matrona|Matrona]] 13:30, 21 Oct 2005 (EDT)
:: One more - for prayers:
::http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.221749664&par=0
:: Riots still continuing now - 8:00 PM local time (resumed after 'iftar' - Ramadan's fast break). Tens confirmed wounded including 20 police officers. Perhaps we should have an OrthodoxWiki article about Church/Christians' persecution over the ages since the Roman times of Sts. Perpetua and Felicita [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/maps/primary/perpetua.html], Nero and Diocletian's eras, etc., and up to modern times, including communist Russia and China, and Islamic Egypt (since 641 A.D.). In fact our Coptic calendar is the calendar of martyrs. Coptic years are counted from 284 A.D., the year Diocletian became Roman Emperor, whose reign was marked by tortures and mass executions of Christians, '''especially in Egypt'''. Hence, the Coptic year is identified by the abbreviation A.M. (for ''Anno Martyrum'' or "Year of the Martyrs") [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_calendar].
:: ''II Kings 6:16,17 And he answered, '''Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them'''. And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, '''the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire''' round about Elisha.''